Old Blue Dun

Old Blue Dun

Hook - Wet or dry 12-16

Thread - Primrose

Tail - Two or three rusty-dun hackle fibers

Rib - One strand of silk buttonhole twist – Coats and Clark’s 72-A primrose, size D; or full twist, tightly twisted

Body - Muskrat dubbed on primrose Pearsall’s Gossamer Silk, wrapped so that some silk shows through the dubbing at the tail end

Hackle - Blue-dun hen

SOFT HACKLES, TIGHT LINES: Old Blue Dun

Starling & Purple

Starling & Purple

Hook - Ahrex LE810

Thread - Purple

Body - Tying thread

Thorax - Peacock herl

Hackle - Starling

Sorry, I don't tie with silk threads. Fish can't tell the difference

Double Rib Chironomid

Double Rib Chironomid

Hook - Curved

Bead - Black

Thread - Your choice of color

Breather - White uni stretch

Ribbing - Red and silver wire or your choice of colors

Body - Tying thread

Collar - Orange thread

Jack Shaw’s Quill Body Chironomid

Jack Shaw’s Quill Body Chironomid

Hook - Curved

Thread - Brown

Ribbing - Gold wire

Body - Stripped peacock eye quill

Wing case - Pheasant tail

Breathers - White uni stretch

Thorax - Peacock herl

(2) Jack Shaw’s Quill Body Chironomid - YouTube

Snow Goose

Snow Goose

Austin Hogan

Hook - Streamer

Thread - Black

Tag - Silver tinsel

Tail - Barred wood duck

Butt - Black wool

Body - 3/4 red floss, 1/4 black wool

Throat - Black hackle

Wing - White calf tail, on either side of which is a section of white goose

Streamer Fly Tying & Fishing - Joseph D Bates Jr

Binns Streamer

Binns Streamer

Hook - Streamer

Thread - Black

Tail - Red over white duck or goose quills sections

Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel

Body - Flat silver tinsel (sometimes yellow wool is used)

Throat - Red and white hackle, mixed

Wing - Strip of white goose married between 2 sections of yellow goose

Shoulder - Guinea hen breast feathers

Created by Frier Guilline

Forgotten Flies - Schmookler and Sils

Binns Streamer

Hook - Streamer

Thread - Black

Tail - A section of a red and of a white duck or goose wing feather, rather long and thin

Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel

Body - Flat silver tinsel (sometimes yellow wool is used)

Throat - Two or three turns of a red and white saddle hackle, tied on mixed together as a collar and then tied downward

Wing - in two matched pairs, each a section of a white goose wing married between two sections of yellow goose wing, the three sections being equal in width. The wing is tied slightly longer than the tail.

Shoulder - Guinea hen breast feathers

Originated by Mr. Frier Guilline, of Fin, Fur and Feather Ltd, for Mr. J Binns in 1937. 

It was originally tied as a trout fly and was adapted as a streamer in 1940.

Streamer Fly Tying & Fishing - Joseph D Bats Jr

Forget Me Knot Midge

Forget Me Knot Midge

Hook - Curved

Thread - Black

Abdomen and head - 14-inch piece of Amnesia, knotted and melted

Thorax - Superfine dubbing

https://youtu.be/TkxL1GlZ1O8?feature=shared

Red Ant

Red Ant

Thread - White under floss body, black head

Tail - Golden pheasant tippet

Butt - Peacock herl

Hackle - Brown

Wing - Natural gray duck or goose quill segments

Popular Fly Patterns - Terry Hellekson

Hewitt Nymph

Hewitt Nymph

Hewitt Nymph #1

Hook - Wet fly

Thread - Black

Rib - Black thread

Body - White silk for the belly and brown silk for the back

The body is covered with varnish and crushed to form a rather flat body

Hackle - Black hackle and cut on the top and bottom

Hewitt Nymph #2 (shown)

Hook - Wet fly

Thread - Black

Tail - Black

Rib - Black thread

Body - A shiny yellow silk and a brown silk for the back

The body is covered with varnish and crushed with pliers to form a flat, triangular bod

Hackle - Black hackle cut on the top and bottom.

Hewitt Nymph #3

Hook - Wet fly

Thread - Black

Tail - Black

Rib - Black thread

Body - Grey bristle with a brown bristle on the back

The body is covered with varnish and crushed with pliers to form a flat, triangular body.

Hackle - Black hackle, cut, on top and bottom

Hewitt Hardbody Nymph | The Tying Bench | Fiberglass Flyrodders

Hewitt Hardbody Nymph - The Fly Tying Bench - Fly Tying

Nymph fishing in America

Trout - Ray Bergman